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Shirley Sherrod (born November 20, 1947) is the Executive Director for the Southwest Georgia Project and Vice President of Development for New Communities at Cypress pond. Sherrod is a civil rights activist who has devoted most of her life advocating for farmers and rural residents.
On July 19, 2010, Shirley Sherrod was fired from her appointed position as Georgia State Director of Rural Development for the United States Department of Agriculture.
Feb 11, 2022 · Among the 15 members of a new Equity Commission charged with dismantling discrimination at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, one name stood out: Shirley Sherrod.
Apr 22, 2024 · Civil rights leader Shirley Sherrod and her late husband Charles devoted their lives to advancing voting rights, solidarity, and wealth building through land ownership.
Oct 30, 2012 · Shirley Sherrod was forced out of the Department of Agriculture because of a misleading video. An edited clip appeared to show her saying she didn't want to help white farmers...
Jul 26, 2010 · Shirley Sherrod was branded a racist by many in the media, and lost her job, before the full context of remarks she made was understood.
Oct 3, 2019 · Shirley Sherrod is co-founder of the New Communities Land Trust founded 50 years ago as a safe haven for African-American farmers thrown off their land during the civil rights...
May 13, 2024 · Shirley Sherrod, 76, has spent the past half-century working for change. With her husband Charles Sherrod, a well-known civil rights leader, in 1969 she co-founded New Communities, Inc., the...
After New Communities lost its land to foreclosure, Shirley Sherrod went to work for the Federation of Southern Cooperatives. She was tasked with helping black farmers to keep their land. Hearing of her and fearing the loss of their own farms, white families sometimes sought her assistance as well.
Apr 12, 2016 · As a Black woman who grew up in Georgia, Shirley’s life and career are inextricably linked to the Civil Rights Movement, fighting particularly hard for the rights of Black farmers and other landowners in the South.
